In the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China, lithographic pictorials were prevalent in major cities in China. Covering the current news of that time and stories about people’s livelihood, these illustrated news featured the twists and turns of the Chinese society from tradition to modernity. The exhibition, jointly presented by the Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province and the Hong Kong Public Libraries, showcases the valuable pictorial coverage of people’s livelihood from illustrated newspapers published a century ago. The illustrated news on display open up a window for learning more about the living habits, social customs and traditional culture of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau in the past.